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‘Hiring now: Personal Assistant Aged 18-30’: CJEU Proves Mild for Age Discrimination by Persons with Disabilities (6/8)

‘Hiring now: Personal Assistant Aged 18-30’: CJEU Proves Mild for Age Discrimination by Persons with Disabilities (6/8)

Court of Justice of the European Union, Age based discrimination, Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU, Employment Equality Directive, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Persons with disabilities enjoy the right to live independently and be included in the community (Article 19 UN ...

When Transfer to a Different Job is a Reasonable Accommodation: HR Rail (5/8)

When Transfer to a Different Job is a Reasonable Accommodation: HR Rail (5/8)

Belgium, Court of Justice of the European Union, Disability Rights, Employment Law, Reasonable Accommodation, UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

What happens when an employee with a disability is unable to return to their original job and no type of ...

Accommodating Disability in the Justice System: TC and UB v Komisia za zashtita ot diskriminatsia (4/8)

Accommodating Disability in the Justice System: TC and UB v Komisia za zashtita ot diskriminatsia (4/8)

Court of Justice of the European Union, administration of justice, Disability, non-discrimination, Reasonable Accommodation, Right to work

The decision of the Court of Justice in TC and UB v Komisia za zashtita ot diskriminatsia (TC and UB) can be ...

Tartu Vangla – A Step Closer to Full Alignment of EU law with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (3/8)

Tartu Vangla – A Step Closer to Full Alignment of EU law with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (3/8)

Court of Justice of the European Union, European Union, Republic of Estonia, Disability, Employment Law, Reasonable Accommodation, UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

In Tartu Vangla the Court of Justice of the EU (”the Court”) reiterated that employers must conduct an ...

Disability discrimination in the EU: The Scope of Comparison (2/8)

Disability discrimination in the EU: The Scope of Comparison (2/8)

CJEU, European Union, Poland, Disability, Employment Law, Intersectionality, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination

Can disabled workers compare themselves to other disabled workers for the purposes of a discrimination claim under ...

Twenty-five Years of Protection Against Disability-based Discrimination in the EU: An Evolving Understanding of Disability (1/8)

Twenty-five Years of Protection Against Disability-based Discrimination in the EU: An Evolving Understanding of Disability (1/8)

European Union, Disability, Intersectionality, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Twenty-five years ago, the EU legally enshrined the prohibition of discrimination based on disability in the ...

Commercial or Altruistic Surrogacy: The Indian Supreme Court Finds Middle Ground

Commercial or Altruistic Surrogacy: The Indian Supreme Court Finds Middle Ground

India, Access to Justice, Constitutions and Human Rights, Gender, Human Dignity, Intersectionality, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Sexual and Reproductive Rights, Standard of Review, Substantive Equality

Governance of surrogacy in India has been multi-faceted. Whereas commercial surrogacy was previously allowed, the ...

DRC v. Rwanda: The African Court’s First Interstate Case

DRC v. Rwanda: The African Court’s First Interstate Case

African Court of Human and Peoples' Rights, African Union, Rwanda, African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights, Genocide Convention, interstate application, state obligations

On the 12th and 13th February 2025, the Democratic Republic of Congo (the “DRC”) had the audience of the African ...

Should Mandatory Human Rights Due Diligence Be Based on Social Expectations?

Should Mandatory Human Rights Due Diligence Be Based on Social Expectations?

European Union, United Nations, Business and Human Rights, Environment, , Socio-Economic Rights, Standard of Review

A key tenet of business and human rights has become the introduction of mandatory human rights due diligence ...

United States Must Formally Apologize to the Republic of Marshall Islands

United States Must Formally Apologize to the Republic of Marshall Islands

Republic of Marshall Islands, Environment, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Public International Law, reparations, Right to Health, Right to healthy environment

Between 1946 and 1958, the United States conducted 67 nuclear tests in the Marshall Islands, causing generations ...

Gender and Justice: Navigating the Arguments Around Prenatal Sex Detection in Bangladesh

Gender and Justice: Navigating the Arguments Around Prenatal Sex Detection in Bangladesh

Bangladesh, Abortion, Gender Equality, Sexual and Reproductive Rights

The High Court Division (HCD) of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh has directed authorities to adhere to guidelines ...

Is the EU’s Digital Services Act Compliant with The Right to Freedom of Expression?

Is the EU’s Digital Services Act Compliant with The Right to Freedom of Expression?

European Union, Access to Justice, Human Dignity, Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression, , Standard of Review

The Digital Services Act (DSA) is an EU Regulation that became legally binding, at large, on 17 February 2024. The ...

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